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Prevalence of Heart Disease in Women by State


Number of Women in the U.S. with Heart Disease
Aged 45 and Over, 2004 by State¹

 

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California

161,393
23,014
182,897
98,240
1,064,397
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire

203,311
33,734
78,690
69,110
44,747
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist. of Columbia
Florida

132,887
128,746
28,987
18,741
689,212
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota

307,080
62,684
682,869
284,090
23,511
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana

256,466
45,403
42,660
417,609
208,860
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island

410,002
121,806
123,409
486,882
39,832
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine

110,089
92,684
142,873
147,567
50,873
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah

144,520
27,294
203,515
633,923
57,381
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
184,877
229,510
342,637
166,820
96,550
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
22,845
244,552
198,645
71,917
189,765
17,077

 

1Includes the District of Columbia. Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Incidence of women with heart disease calculated according to ratios set forth by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: 1:8 among women aged 45-64 and 1:4 among women 65+.



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